The Vision and Technical Foundations of Ubiquitous Computing
Friedemann Mattern · 2001
esources. Objects and appliances could thus react and operate in a context-sensitive manner and appear to be "smart," without actually being "intelligent". Due to the continuing advances in the fields of computer science, microelectronics, communication technology, and materials science, this vision of a comprehensive computerization and interconnection of everyday objects could become a reality in the not-too-distant future. Since ubiquitous computing could trigger a completely new set of applications where, for example, cooperating objects created new emergent functionalities, this vision could in time also be successful from a business point of view. This would doubtless have enormous economic and social implications. It would also raise issues relating to technology acceptance and the creation of a world in which reality gets closely coupled to -- and in some respects even merges with -- our information-based cyberspace. Moore's Law and Weiser's Vision Constant a